Improvement in hats



MPSF-WS. PHOTO-LTHOGRAPHER WASHINGTON D C UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGE.

JOSEPH M. HEARD, OF ABERDEEN, MISSISSIPPI.

IMPROVEMENT IN HATS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 103,457. dated May 24,1870.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH M. HEARD, of Aberdeen, in the county ofMonroe and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Hats; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, and inwhich is represented a vertical section of a hat constructed accordingto my invention.

This invention relates to such hats as are provided with means ofventilation for the head of the wearer, and known as ventilators.

Its object is to provide for the freer and more rapid circulation offresh air around and about the head of the wearer, and to provideotherwise a cheaper and more comfortable hat of the kind than is atpresent used; and to this end it consists in a novel construction ofsuch hat, whereby the desired end is attained.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,A represents the main body orshell of a hat constructed according to my invention, which may be madeof felt, paper, or other suitable material.

Said body or shell A is of truncated-cone shape, or of pyramidal orother suitable form, and has formed at its top an opening, a, for thefree upward passa-ge of air. Directly above this opening a the shell Aissurmounted bya cap or cover, B, which is secured thereto by means of anysuitable number of stays or braces b. This cap or cover B is sustainedat a sucient height above the main body to allow the air to pass freelyfrom under it, and its outer edge is made to extend far enough beyondthe limits of the opening a in every direction to prevent the entrancetherein ot' sun and rain.

Centrally arranged within the main body A, near the base thereof, is ahead-band, O, for ttin g the head of thewearer. This headband is securedto the inner wall of the main body A by means of stays or braces c,allowing ample room for the free circulation of air over and around thehead. The braces c, as also the similar braces b, which are made of somelight material, instead of being arranged vertically', are so inclinedoutwardly at the top as to brace the parts which they connect, andthereby prevent, to a great degree, any disposition toward a lateraldisplacement of said connected parts relatively to each other.

The air around the head, on becoming heated, rises and passes outthrough the opening a, and its place is filled by the rushing in ofcolder air under the base ofthe main body.

By means of this invention more comfort may be enjoyed by the wearer, asthe head may be, at all times, kept cool and well ventilated. Greaterconvenience is gained, since the hat, not trapping the air as otherhats, but allowing it to pass on through, by having an equal or largeregress than its ingress, is not liable to be blown off the head in windyweather.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to have secured by LettersPatent, is-

A hat consisting of the two parts A B and head-band (l, connected bystays c and b, essentially as shown and described.

JOSEPH M. HEARD.

Witnesses:

FRANK SAUNDERS, JOHN L. TINDALL.

